The following faculty members have research interests in Optimization and Mathematical Modeling. Details about each persons research, publications and information about thesis topics can be found on each person’s home page.

Margaret Cheney / Professor
Phone: (970) 491-6478
Office: Weber 218

Inverse Problems, Radar Imaging

Edwin Chong / Professor
Phone: (970) 491-7858
Office: Engineering C101D

Control and Optimization, Communication Networks, Wireless Systems

Gerhard Dangelmayr / Professor Emeritus

Dynamical Systems and Applications

Oleg Emanouilov / Professor
Phone: (970) 491-7475
Office: Weber 220

Partial differential equations, optimal control, inverse problems

Michael Kirby / Professor (Joint Appointment Department of Mathematics)
Phone: (970) 491-6850
Office: Weber 211

Computational and Applied Mathematics, Optimization and Mathematical Modeling

Iuliana Oprea / Associate Professor
Phone: (970) 491-6751
Office: Weber 123

Dynamical systems; pattern formation; fluid dynamics, hydrodynamic and hydromagnetic stability and bifurcation; numerical analysis; mathematical modeling

Olivier Pinaud / Professor
Phone: (970) 491-5138
Office: Weber 215

Partial Differential Equations, Waves in Random Media, Inverse Problems, Quantum Transport

Patrick Shipman / Professor

Applied Maths, Dynamical Systems, Differential Geometry

Colleen Webb / Professor - Dean of the Graduate School
Phone: (970) 491-6723
Office: Student Services 108

My research focuses on how the interplay between ecological and evolutionary mechanisms affects the dynamics and persistence of ecological systems. We particularly focus on disease ecology and trait-based approaches in ecology and use quantitative techniques to address questions in these areas.